[Bug 1943261] Re: Wrong decoding of accented characters

2021-09-10 Thread rduke15
** Attachment added: "Swiss QR bill with QR code with accents" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zbar/+bug/1943261/+attachment/5524424/+files/swissqr_bill.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.lau

[Bug 1943261] [NEW] Wrong decoding of accented characters

2021-09-10 Thread rduke15
Public bug reported: When decoding a QR code containing latin accented characters, the output text uses the wrong encoding and outputs some Asian characters. Attached is an example image (from this page showing a sample of a Swiss QR bill : https://developer.pdf4me.com/docs/api/swiss-qr/), and a

[Bug 1940280] [NEW] xtightvncviewer: "Rect too large" after connecting to Mac

2021-08-17 Thread rduke15
Public bug reported: Connecting from Ubuntu 20.04.2 to MacOS 10.15.7 shows the initial login screen, but immediately exits after login, before showing the desktop. The error is "Rect too large: 1922x1080 at (0, 0)" The full command and output is: $ vncviewer myhost.example Connected to RFB

[Bug 1938077] [NEW] drag'n'drop file to terminal adds newline before closing quote

2021-07-26 Thread rduke15
Public bug reported: When I drag and drop a file from Krusader to gnome-terminal, it quotes the filename with single quotes but adds a newline before the closing quote. I then have to do Ctrl-C to correct the quoting before I can go on with my command. In case it's not clear, here is how it look

[Bug 1754125] Re: Rhythmbox stays running in the background after quit

2021-05-08 Thread rduke15
This is a really ridiculous bug. In Ubuntu 20.04, you close the window, and the music continues playing and there is no way to stop it! There is no tray icon or anything where you can tell it to quit once you have closed the main window. Workaround for now: pkill rhythmbox or Search for

[Bug 1924261] Re: Krusader: missing icons

2021-04-15 Thread rduke15
Using apt-file search to look for the missing icons, they seem to be in various *-icon-theme packages. The breeze-icon-theme package, described as "the default icon theme for the KDE Plasma 5 desktop.", seems to have all the missing icons. So the fix was sudo apt install breeze-icon-theme

[Bug 1924261] [NEW] Krusader: missing icons

2021-04-15 Thread rduke15
Public bug reported: In Ubuntu 20.04.2, Krusader (v. 2.7.2-1build1), many icons are missing. When launching krusader from the command-line, the errors below are listed: $ krusader QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath: Please instantiate the QApplication object first 11:46:31.467-debug default u

[Bug 268663] Re: files incoming through nautilus-share should be created with user ownership, instead of "nobody"

2018-08-19 Thread rduke15
The solution for this problem ( copied from https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=678834#20 ): The filesystem permissions of a fully publicly shared directory (i.e. ~/Public) has to be drwxrwsrwx. chmod a+rwx ~/public chmod g+s ~/public And /etc/samba/smb.conf has to contain t

[Bug 284651] Re: owner of shared public folder is nobody

2018-08-19 Thread rduke15
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 268663 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268663 Beware that the workaround in comment #6 will apply these 777 permissions to ALL shares defined in Samba. So this doesn't really work if you also use Samba for other non-Public shares. -- You received this b

[Bug 1760426] [NEW] hangs on start if remembered directory not available

2018-04-01 Thread rduke15
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS krusader 1:2.4.0~beta3-2ubuntu1 amd64 When Krusader starts, it tries to open the last directories it had active in the panels when it was last closed. If one of these directories is not accessible any more, it hangs with an empty window (which turns grey a

[Bug 1725921] Re: [regression] Combobox menus have gray text on gray background

2018-03-31 Thread rduke15
Works for me. Thanks! After I had enabled xenial-proposed, this did it: sudo apt install light-themes/xenial-proposed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725921 Title: [regression]

[Bug 1579540] Re: smbclient 4.3.9 can't connect WITH password to OSX share due to NTLMSSP "short signature" & workarounds don't fix

2017-11-22 Thread rduke15
For smbclient, you may need to add --option="ntlmssp_client:force_old_spnego = yes" For me, this now lists shares on a Mac OSX server: smbclient -U$user%$password -L $mac_osx_host --option="ntlmssp_client:force_old_spnego = yes" -- You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 1711212] Re: smbclient fails to get shares from Mac OS X smb server

2017-11-22 Thread rduke15
Possibly a clue: when mounting manually with mount -t cifs I need to add the nounix option: mount -t cifs //host/share /mnt/tmp -o username=$user,password=$pass gives "mount ... failed: Operation not supported" When using mount -t cifs //host/share /mnt/tmp -o username=$user,password=$pass,

[Bug 1711212] Re: smbclient fails to get shares from Mac OS X smb server

2017-11-22 Thread rduke15
What finally worked was adding --option="ntlmssp_client:force_old_spnego = yes" to the command, as suggested here: http://samba.2283325.n4.nabble.com/ntlmssp-errors-against-El-Capitan-s -SMB-Server-tp470p4707237.html This now lists shares on a Mac OSX server: smbclient -U$user%$password -

[Bug 1711212] Re: smbclient fails to get shares from Mac OS X smb server

2017-11-21 Thread rduke15
Possibly a clue: when mounting manually with mount -t cifs I need to add the nounix option: mount -t cifs //host/share /mnt/tmp -o username=$user,password=$pass gives "mount ... failed: Operation not supported" When using mount -t cifs //host/share /mnt/tmp -o username=$user,password=$pass,

[Bug 1711212] Re: smbclient fails to get shares from Mac OS X smb server

2017-11-21 Thread rduke15
Adding -m SMB2 or -m SMB3 to the smbclient command makes no difference. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711212 Title: smbclient fails to get shares from Mac OS X smb server To manage

[Bug 1711212] [NEW] smbclient fails to get shares from Mac OS X smb server

2017-08-16 Thread rduke15
Public bug reported: In Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, smbclient 4.3.11 cannot list shares from Mac OS X smb servers. Windows machines can access these Mac shares, and smbclient can also get the list of shares from the Windows 7 and Windows 10 machines. The errors are "NTLMSSP packet check failed due to sh

[Bug 1551002] Re: error visualizing ISO-8859 text

2017-03-22 Thread rduke15
Until this is fixed, the workaround suggested in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38919384/configure-meld-encoding-to- cp-1252#39044281 works well if you know which encodings you need. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1551002] Re: error visualizing ISO-8859 text

2017-03-22 Thread rduke15
Is there a solution for Ubuntu 16.04? How to upgrade meld to the 3.15.1 version, or how to downgrade it to a prvious version without this bug? This bug makes meld completely unusable on the current LTS version, as soon as you come across non-UTF files. -- You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 1166104] Re: Forwarding a message breaks character encoding

2015-09-25 Thread rduke15
Same problem here, with Ubuntu 12.04 and TB 38.2.0. The received message is really UTF8, and it's headers (and multipart heders) seem correct (the sender used Apple Mail 2.2). If I open the message in the viewer, it displays correctly, but under View->Character Encoding, TB has selected "Western"

[Bug 999462] Re: ExpressCard34 slot not hotplugable after boot

2014-11-06 Thread rduke15
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999462 Title: ExpressCard34 slot not hotplugable after boot To manage notifications a

[Bug 197288] Re: New windows are put in the background when a window has Always on Top set

2013-11-27 Thread rduke15
Same problem on 12.04LTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197288 Title: New windows are put in the background when a window has Always on Top set To manage notifications about this b

[Bug 1025578] Re: espeak sound output very slow if bluez-alsa installed

2013-05-15 Thread rduke15
A workaround (in 12.04 LTS) is to send espeak output to stdout, and pipe through paplay. This removes the delay and error messages. $ time echo hello|espeak ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave [... tons more error lines ...] real0m22.684s

[Bug 1073688] Re: Kernel crash when unplugging ExpressCard-to-USB adaptor

2012-12-09 Thread rduke15
Same problem, or similar enough to likely have the same cause: Total system freeze when unplugging an expresscard (sata_sil24). No mouse, no keyboard, no error. Screen remains visible, but doesn't update. Needs hard reset. I had an eSATA drive connected through the Expresscard eSATA adapter. Unmo

[Bug 926747] Re: EXT4-fs (sda1): Unaligned AIO/DIO by virtualbox usage

2012-11-15 Thread rduke15
Listed here: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9466 According to a Virtualbox developer, it is harmless. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926747 Title: EXT4-fs (sda1): Unaligned AIO/DIO

[Bug 707392] Re: Not possible to upgrade untrusted packages

2012-11-14 Thread rduke15
Same problem in 12.04 LTS: cannot install updates from an unsigned repository. "apt-get upgrade" prompts, and lets the user decide whether to install or not: WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! unsigned-package1 package2 etc. Install these packages without ve

[Bug 560591] Re: Wrong language shown in Ubuntu Software Center

2012-11-01 Thread rduke15
I had this problem in 12.04 LTS Precise. System installed in English, but later played with locale and/or GUI regional settings. After a while, I reverted everything to English, but software-center still used French for the short descriptions of packages (and English for the full descriptions). I

[Bug 434601] Re: Package descriptions etc display only in the language of whoever installed the OS

2012-11-01 Thread rduke15
I had this problem in 12.04 LTS Precise. System installed in English, but later played with locale and/or GUI regional settings. After a while, I reverted everything to English, but software-center still used French for the short descriptions of packages (and English for the full descriptions). I

[Bug 1032050] Re: "More networks" submenu not populated

2012-10-05 Thread rduke15
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1011073 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1011073 This looks like a duplicate of bug #1011073. ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager- applet/+bug/1011073) Restarting nm-applet seems to fix the problem temporarily: killall nm-appl

[Bug 1032082] Re: network-manager-applet doesn't show wireless networks just a tiny box

2012-10-05 Thread rduke15
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1011073 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1011073 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1032050 "More networks" submenu not populated ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1011073 NetworkManager submenus sometimes unpopulated -- You r

[Bug 1032396] Re: network-manager-applet doesn't show wireless networks just a tiny box

2012-10-05 Thread rduke15
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1011073 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1011073 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1032050 "More networks" submenu not populated ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1011073 NetworkManager submenus sometimes unpopulated -- You r

[Bug 1032408] Re: network-manager-applet doesn't show wireless networks just a tiny box

2012-10-05 Thread rduke15
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1011073 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1011073 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1032050 "More networks" submenu not populated ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1011073 NetworkManager submenus sometimes unpopulated -- You r

[Bug 999462] Re: ExpressCard34 slot not hotplugable after boot

2012-08-10 Thread rduke15
The following fixed the problem for my USB 3 Expresscard (NEC uPD720200): sudo echo acpiphp >> /etc/modules: Modify /etc/default/grub to have: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pciehp_force=1 pciehp_poll_mode=1" and run sudo update-grub Now hotplugging works as expected. -

[Bug 999462] Re: ExpressCard34 slot not hotplugable after boot

2012-08-10 Thread rduke15
Same problem on a Thinkpad X200. Trying to load the acpiphp module after boot fails: $ sudo modprobe acpiphp FATAL: Error inserting acpiphp (/lib/modules/3.2.0-27-generic/kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp.ko): No such device $ uname -a Linux x200s 3.2.0-27-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Ju

[Bug 551341] Re: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{} errors

2012-01-14 Thread rduke15
The following probably fixes the problem: sudo perl -i.bak -pe 's/SYSFS/ATTR/g' /lib/udev/rules.d/45-hpdjconsole.rules But in my case, I don't have a "Hercules DJ Console", and realised this was installed as a dependency of djplay, which I don't use. So check if you actually need this. If not

[Bug 909424] Re: Parted reports ext3 partition as hfs+

2011-12-29 Thread rduke15
Thank you for looking into this. Unfortunately, I cannot remember 100% how I prepared this disk a few years ago. But most probably, it would have been with cfdisk in Debian 4. Maybe this WD external disk was originally delivered with a Mac partition? The disk was at a client's site, where they ha

[Bug 909424] Re: Parted reports ext3 partition as hfs+

2011-12-29 Thread rduke15
** Attachment added: "dd if=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=32" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parted/+bug/909424/+attachment/2650086/+files/parted-ext3-hfs.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 909424] [NEW] Parted reports ext3 partition as hfs+

2011-12-28 Thread rduke15
Public bug reported: parted reports a disk as having an hfs+ partition, when in fact it has a single ext3 partition. fdisk, sfdisk, cfdisk and gdisk all report the disk with an ext3 partition as expected, and fsck reports that partition as clean. I tried both my standard parted 2.2 (2.2-5ubuntu5

[Bug 796336] Re: 2.6.32-33-generic iwlagn firmware broken

2011-06-14 Thread rduke15
The following workaround can be used until this bug is fixed (renaming the new firmware, to force loading the older one): mv /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode.off Other more complex workarounds are proposed in the duplicate bug reports #794291 and #794814

[Bug 680177] Re: smbldap-useradd fails to authenticate to allow changes to LDAP server

2011-02-02 Thread rduke15
I would suggest the following changes: === # diff -w -u /usr/share/perl5/smbldap_tools.pm.orig /usr/share/perl5/smbldap_tools.pm --- /usr/share/perl5/smbldap_tools.pm.orig 2007-09-24 11:07:11.0 +0200 +++ /usr/share/perl5/smbldap_tools.pm 2011-02-02 14:07:48.0

[Bug 680177] Re: smbldap-useradd fails to authenticate to allow changes to LDAP server

2011-02-02 Thread rduke15
I had the same problem, and it turned out I had made a silly mistake in my /etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap_bind.conf file. The password was correct, but the DN entries started with "dc=admin, ..." instead of "cn=admin, ...". In the end, what helped me find the problem was to add the "stats" loglevel to

[Bug 475845] Re: delay on printing dialog in evince

2011-01-13 Thread rduke15
I also lost all printers in Firefox after applying the fix in comment #29. Did several things, and the printers re-appeared: - commented-out the ipv6 lines in /etc/hosts - added the printer IP and name to /etc/hosts - restarted Firefox Possibly, all that was needed after restarting cups was to al

[Bug 165184] Re: amavisd-new + spamassassin: cronjob spams root user

2010-12-18 Thread rduke15
See also Debian bug 447040. In my opinion, the simplest fix is http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=447040#51 : Add ">dev/null" directly into /etc/cron.d/amavisd-new, at the end of the cron line. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 479266] Re: U9.10 geany cant open files on samba shares

2010-08-22 Thread rduke15
Note only 2nd full link in previous comment 16 is correct. The first automatic link on the text "bug xx" is to something else. Sorry. -- U9.10 geany cant open files on samba shares https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479266 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 479266] Re: U9.10 geany cant open files on samba shares

2010-08-22 Thread rduke15
Seems closely related to bug 40646 : https://bugs.launchpad.net/archlinux/+source/samba/+bug/406466 -- U9.10 geany cant open files on samba shares https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479266 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 479266] Re: U9.10 geany cant open files on samba shares

2010-08-22 Thread rduke15
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => New -- U9.10 geany cant open files on samba shares https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479266 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@li

[Bug 479266] Re: U9.10 geany cant open files on samba shares

2010-08-22 Thread rduke15
Yes, this is still a problem in current Ubuntu 10.4. And it is easily reproducible. It needs to remain open until someone is able to find the real cause of the problem. -- U9.10 geany cant open files on samba shares https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479266 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 598218] Re: CUPS PDF printer no longer available (Lucid)

2010-07-02 Thread rduke15
Yes, the upgrade to Lucid apparently uninstalled cups-pdf. After re-installing, I had to go to System -> Administration -> Printing, click Add, and there I could select "Generic CUPS-PDF Printer". After clicking on "Forward", the window seemed to hang at a message saying something like "searching

[Bug 327658] Re: Ubuntu obsolete xclip version not supporting unicode

2010-02-22 Thread rduke15
Until Ubuntu has an updated version of xclip, one can use the debian package from squeeze: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/xclip It is version 0.12-1. I had no dependency problem to install it in Jaunty and this unicode/utf-8 problem seems to be fixed. -- Ubuntu obsolete xclip version not sup

[Bug 508448] Re: bluetooth applet ui unfit for use

2010-02-15 Thread rduke15
Well, the result of removing bluez-gnome and installing gnome-bluetooth had the result of removing the BT icon in the panel, with no apparent replacement anywhere in the menus. This was on a Jaunty system. After some digging, I saw that the package gnome-bluetooth (0.11.0-0ubuntu4) actually lists

[Bug 511603] [NEW] launchers in panel overlap main menu making it inaccessible

2010-01-23 Thread rduke15
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel When the panel is full with launchers and/or applets, if you (inadvertently) add another item, or if the screen is resized forcing the panel to become smaller, the main menu may become inaccessible. Icons that were to the right of the main men

[Bug 257533] Re: XSane fails to "open device"

2010-01-21 Thread rduke15
Oops, sorry. The "no devices available" was perfectly appropriate: I hadn't connected the scanner! I didn't find a way to delete my comment useless comment above. -- XSane fails to "open device" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257533 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 257533] Re: XSane fails to "open device"

2010-01-21 Thread rduke15
Yes, commenting out /dev/video0 in /etc/sane.d/v4l.conf does indeed prevent this particular error. Instead, we get a new error: "no devices available". -- XSane fails to "open device" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257533 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 276472] Re: cp -p on CIFS mount does not preserve timestamp

2010-01-17 Thread rduke15
Update, links and workaround: This bug is still present on Jaunty 9.04 with the following versions: $ uname -srvm Linux 2.6.28-17-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 1 18:57:07 UTC 2009 i686 $ mount.cifs -V mount.cifs version: 1.12-3.3.2 $ dpkg -l coreutils ii coreutils 6.10-6u